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BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2010

Yen hurting Toyota's low-cost exports to U.S.

Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest exporter of autos to the U.S., is trying to cut production costs for Yaris and Corolla cars as the rising yen makes it unprofitable to build economy cars in Japan for sale abroad.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2010

Fujii: An inflation target would hit workers, aged

Former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said he opposes Bank of Japan inflation targets proposed by members of his ruling party because rising consumer prices would hurt the elderly and salaried workers.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2010

That 70s show in Russia

MOSCOW — Can Russia escape the "resource curse" implied by high oil prices, or will it succumb to what we call a "70-80" scenario? That is the question confronting Russians today, and we fear that their fate will be the latter: If oil prices remain at $70 to $80 per barrel, Russia is likely to relive...
EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2010

The changing book world

In a time of major uncertainty for the Japanese book world, the latest winners of two major book awards have been announced. The Akutagawa Prize for promising newcomers went to Ms. Akiko Akazome, and the Naoki Prize for more established writers of popular fiction to Ms. Kyoko Nakajima.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2010

Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in U.S., 16,000 here

Toyota is recalling 412,000 cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S., and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 31, 2010

Another heaping tablespoon of taberu rayu, please

Japan's appetite for taberu rayu, a spicy red oil, shows no signs of abating.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 30, 2010

Bringing samurai spirit and business acumen to kabuki

On July 1, 2009, Kenzaburo Mogi, 72, a former vice chairman of the soy sauce manufacturing giant Kikkoman Corporation, was appointed to direct the Japan Arts Council, which covers all traditional performing arts of Japan, including noh, kabuki and bunraku (puppet theater).
EDITORIALS
Jul 29, 2010

A year left on analog TV

Less than a year remains before the total switch to terrestrial digital TV broadcasts in Japan. Analog TV broadcasts are scheduled to end July 24, 2011. While preparations for the transition are being pushed, many problems must be solved to ensure a smooth transition.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2010

Infrastructure abroad key focus

Building so-called social infrastructure has huge potential abroad, prompting Japanese companies to form broad corporate alliances, often with government support, to win contracts for overseas projects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Jul 27, 2010

Hot drugstore finds for quick cool-downs

They call it 'moushobi': an extremely hot day. Japanese have always had ways beat the heat but drugstores now offer an array of quick cool-downs.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2010

Sumos and the yakuza

OSAKA — Perhaps no other sport is pursued as religiously as sumo wrestling. Before a match, referees — who double as Shinto priests — purify the seaweed, salt and sake. Wrestlers wash their faces, mouths and armpits before entering the dohyo (ring), on whose sacred sand neither shoes nor women...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Jul 27, 2010

One man's cup of tea equals a career

"Irasshaimase, dozo! (Welcome to the shop. Please have a look around!)" The high-spirited, delightful voice of a tall Frenchman echoes in the Shinjuku branch of Maruyamaen, a long-established Japanese tea shop.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 25, 2010

A bailout by any other name

The gap between rich and poor seems to be widening worldwide, the result of government deregulation and the dominance of market-led economic policies. As businesses are given freer rein to do whatever they want, wages at the lower end of the pay scale drop. Government revenues consequently shrink, thus...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 24, 2010

A few ifs and thens, Kipling style

Have you ever given serious thought about what might have happened if Rudyard Kipling had lived in Japan instead of India?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 21, 2010

It's a dress! It's a yukata! It's both!

Would you like your yukata as a frilly dress or cut more to a Vietnamese style? Amazingly, both are now available.
EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2010

A Japanese Steve Jobs?

Why, asks a Japanese magazine, wasn't the iPad invented in Japan? The short answer would be that Steve Jobs isn't Japanese. Japan does, however, have a similarly hard-driving perfectionist manager in Mr. Tadashi Yanai, head of Fast Retailing, who is rapidly turning his chain of clothing stores, Uniqlo,...
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2010

More tax income needed: governors

WAKAYAMA — Prefectural governors warned Friday that the ruling bloc's loss in Sunday's Upper House election means more political gridlock ahead, and unless local leaders work with the coalition and the opposition camp to pass legislation and secure more tax income, regional growth and quality of life...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 16, 2010

Colombian specialties visit Tokyo

The Hilton Tokyo and the Embassy of Colombia will jointly host the Colombian Gastronomic Journey, a special gourmet promotion taking place at the hotel's buffet restaurant, Checkers, from Aug. 4 to 8.
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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